Slate identifies location as A-83 (Denain-Prouvy Airdrome, France) and date as 29 April (1945). Ground crew armorers are connecting wires to bombs and loading them into the bomb bay of a a U.S. Army Air Forces Martin B-26 Marauder aircraft of the 323rd Bombardment Group. View from under the aircraft as a crewman gives signal to close bomb bay doors and they slowly close and lock. Ground crewman removes a metal chock from the aircraft wheel. Flight crew members climb aboard the aircraft. A crew member writes in chalk on a bomb sitting on the ground. The message is: "Happy Boithday Hoimann from Duffy's Tavern," (conveying the New York accent associated with characters in "Duffys Tavern" radio show). World War 2; WWII; WW2.
Swearing in of John Fitzgerald Kennedy as 35th President of United States and his subsequent tour to various European nations, United States. Kennedy swearing in as President during a ceremony and a large crowd gathers. Crowd applauds as he takes oath. Other dignitaries stand near him. Kennedy shakes hands with the former Prime Minister Dwight D Eisenhower. Kennedy during his visit to France meets with President Charles de Gaulle. Kennedy during meeting with Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev. President Kennedy disembarks from Air Force One plane in Britain greeted and escorted by British Chiefs of Military Staff.
Heavy floods and tornadoes in various areas during 1965. View of multi-story buildings and home toppling into a ravine caused by flooding and erosion. Destroyed houses and buildings due to floods and tornadoes. Buildings collapse due to soil erosion caused by floods and tornadoes. Cloud of dirt and smoke rises in air as the buildings fall.
United States NASA spacecraft Gemini IV is launched into orbit from LC-19 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Florida. Astronauts James McDivitt and Edward White aloft for White's famous space walk, or Extra-Vehicular Activity 'EVA' Gemini IV in space and White tied to a tether as he walks in space. Shots of McDivitt in capsule.
Pilots of the United States Army Air Force 353rd Fighter Squadron, 354th Fighter Wing, operating from partially destroyed former German airbase, near the end of the second world war. Crew chief helps pilot in cockpit of a P-51, adjust his shoulder harness. Engine starts and aircraft taxis out. Major L.K. Brueland, wearing a holstered 45 automatic pistol, climbs on wing of his P-51. Partial name "Speck" and 14 and a half swastikas are painted on it. Crew chief helps him don parachute and adjust shoulder harness when he gets in cockpit. Squadron Commander, Major Jack T. Bradley, taxis in his aircraft, named " Margie Maru." His aircraft has 14 swastikas painted on its fuselage.
Marching troops and Soviet leaders during the May Day parade at the Red Square in Moscow, Russia. Civilians and school children present dance and parade. Floats and motorcars during the parade. Acrobat performers climb stairs of a giant moving float and dive into a waiting catch net. The communist emblem on a building and a large crowd on the street. Posters of Karl Marx,Vladimir Lenin, Nikita Khrushchev and other Soviet officials. Hot air balloons fly in sky during the parade. Young children pass on during the parade.
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